Work
Ullrich Fichtner started his career during High School, contributing articles to local newspapers. During his university studies in Bremen and Berlin he worked as a freelance journalist for The Associated Press, covering the fall of the Berlin wall in November 1989 and the breakdown of the communist-led Eastern German State.
As a Berlin correspondent of the national daily Frankfurter Rundschau he followed Germany’s way through the reunification process and portrayed Berlin as an emerging capital city of Europe. In 2000, he joined the national weekly Die Zeit as a junior editor.
In 2001 he was hired as a reporter-at-large by Der Spiegel, one of Europe’s largest and most influential news magazines. He contributed largely to Spiegel’s in-depth investigation about the 9/11 terror attacks, focussing on Mohammad Atta’s leading role in the plot.
As a world affairs reporter he intensely covered the Iraq war, portraying the commanding US general David H. Petraeus on several occasions. His war features were widely discussed not only in Europe, but also in the US. Other main stories dealt with the Middle Eastern peace process and the impact of China’s rise.
Based in Paris, France, from 2002 through 2010, he is SPIEGEL's New York correspondent since 2011.
He is an author and co-author of several books. His essay “Tellergericht”, a critical survey of Germany’s food culture, helped foster a nation-wide debate over culinary habits.
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Famous quotes containing the word work:
“Do not put off your work until tomorrow and the day after. For the sluggish worker does not fill his barn, nor the one who puts off his work; industry aids work, but the man who puts off work always wrestles with disaster.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)
“Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed,
The dear repose for limbs with travel tired;
But then begins a journey in my head
To work my mind, when body’s work’s expired:”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Some of the smartest women in the country said that they’re too embarrassed to attend their reunions at Harvard Business School if they have dropped out of the work force, left the fast track by choosing part-time work, or decided to follow anything other than the standard male career path.”
—Deborah J. Swiss (20th century)